Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger’s niece

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Film Cast:

• Mikael Blomkvist: Michael Nyqvist
• Lisbeth Salander: Noomi Rapace
• Erika Berger: Lena Endre
• Henrik Vanger: Sven-Bertil Taube
• Martin Vanger: Peter Haber
• Nils Bjurman: Peter Andersson
• Cecilia Vanger: Marika Lagercrantz
• Dirch Frode: Ingvar Hirdwall
• Gustav Morell: Björn Granath
• Harriet Vanger: Ewa Fröling
• Dragan Armanskij: Michalis Koutsogiannakis
• Annika Giannini: Annika Hallin
• Malin Erikson: Sofia Ledarp
• Plague: Tomas Köhler
• Janne Dahlman: David Dencik
• Hans-Erik Wennerström: Stefan Sauk
• Harald Vanger: Gösta Bredefeldt
• Gunnar Brännlund: Fredrik Ohlsson
• Christer Malm: Jacob Ericksson
• Isabella Vanger: Gunnel Lindblom
• Older Lady: Barbro Enberg
• Enrico Giannini: Reuben Sallmander
• Mimmi Wu: Yasmine Garbi
• Alexander Zalachenko: Georgi Staykov
• Agneta Salander: Nina Norén
• Police in Dalarna: Emil Almén
• Receptionist: Louise Ryme
• Judge: Pale Olofsson
• Editor: Mikael Rahm
• Birger Vanger: Willie Andréason
• Policeman in the Woods: Lennart R. Svensson
• Huligan #1: Karl Oscar Törnros
• Huligan #2: Kalled Mustonen
• Huligan #3: Henrik Knutsson
• Female TV Reporter: Alexandra Pascalidou
• Young Lisbeth Salander: Tehilla Blad
• Young Harriet Vanger: Julia Sporre
• Jennie Giannini: Laura Lind
• Monica Giannini: Isabella Isacson
• Gottfried Vanger: Richard Franc
• Prison Guard: Magnus Stenius
• Man (uncredited): Daniel Abreu
• Marie (uncredited): Sofia Brattwall
• Otto Falk (uncredited): Christian Fiedler
• Prison Guard Anette (uncredited): Jannike Grut
• Journalist / Murder Victim (uncredited): Alexandra Hummingson
• Gang Member (uncredited): Shaun R.L. King
• Police Inspector (uncredited): Henrik Kvarnlöt
• Economic Director (uncredited): Jan Mybrand
• Security Guard (uncredited): Mika-Christer Mäenpää
• Nurse (uncredited): Sovi Rydén
• Birgit Falk (uncredited): Margareta Stone
• TV Reporter (uncredited): Lisbeth Åkerman

Film Crew:

• Director of Photography: Eric Kress
• Dialogue Editor: Morten Holm
• Director: Niels Arden Oplev
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Peter Schultz
• Original Music Composer: Jacob Groth
• Camera Operator: Olof Johnson
• Editor: Anne Østerud
• Novel: Stieg Larsson
• Screenplay: Nikolaj Arcel
• Screenplay: Rasmus Heisterberg
• Production Design: Niels Sejer
• Stunt Coordinator: Kimmo Rajala
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Niels Arild Nielsen
• Sound Recordist: Anders Hörling
• Producer: Søren Stærmose
• Compositors: Martin Madsen
• Steadicam Operator: Johan Phillips
• Script Editor: Jenny Gilbertsson
• Executive Producer: Mikael Wallen
• Costume Design: Cilla Rörby
• Production Manager: Tobias Åström
• Executive Producer: Anni Faurbye Fernandez
• Sound Effects Editor: Peter Albrechtsen
• Casting: Tusse Lande
• Visual Effects Producer: Sean Wheelan
• Property Master: Paul Gustavsson
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Tor-Bjorn Olsson
• Gaffer: Ville Penttilä
• Camera Operator: Victor Davidson
• Makeup Artist: AnnaCarin Lock
• Assistant Art Director: Maria Håård
• Makeup Effects: Love Larson
• Steadicam Operator: Knut K. Pedersen
• Still Photographer: Knut Koivisto
• Script Supervisor: Lotta Westberg
• Assistant Director: Maria Billberg
• Publicist: Martin Strömberg
• Makeup Artist: Jenny Fred
• Property Master: Kennet From
• Construction Coordinator: Johan Sjölin
• Location Manager: Pia Ekedahl
• Location Manager: Anneli Oscarsson
• Line Producer: Susann Billberg Rydholm
• Assistant Director: Daniel Chilla
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Sarah K. Hellström
• Script Editor: Camilla Ahlgren
• Script Editor: Sigrid Strohmann
• Armorer: Anders Lexne
• Script Editor: Eva Svenstedt Ward

Movie Reviews:

• Peter McGinn: Oddly, the version of this movie I watched contained both English subtitles and dubbing, and after a while I wished I could turn off the dubbing and go with just the subtitles, so that their mouths would always move at the right times.

  I watched the U.S. production of this with Daniel Craig many years ago, and I liked it, but I don’t remember it clearly enough to compare the two. My f=general impression, though, is that this original is better.

  Of course, the Lisbeth character is the real hero here. A rough childhood and beyond have molded her into a tough lady indeed, mentally, physically and emotionally. Oddly enough, she is the only character who seems to show any growth by the end of the film, perhaps partly due to her having so much room to grow emotionally.